Tag: weather

When people talk about Southern California, the issue of weather inevitably is brought up. One of the most appealing factors of living in LA has to be the almost unbelievable weather we experience on a yearly basis. While most of our country is bundling up and turning on the heat, students at UCLA are breaking…

In LA we may not get extreme weather, but we do experience a natural phenomenon known as “June Gloom”. For those of you unfamiliar with this term, June Gloom refers to the spring/summer cloud cover that happens most mornings in June. This may not sound all that extreme, but the weather in the mornings looks…

First off a tiny bit about me! I am a second year history major and education minor. I am originally from Dana Point, CA. My goal is to become a teacher (k-12) and I absolutely love working with kids. Fortunately UCLA has given me the opportunity to get super involved! I also work for Undergraduate…

They say that stereotypes were meant to be broken….that may be true. However, it may also be true that the stereotype of Southern Californians are not capable of handling cold weather. The high of the past week has not been above 60. I may be from Northern California, but I have definitely gone soft since…

Just when I thought I had had it with Westwood weather for being strangely chilly all week, it gives us what we’ve all been waiting for… a thunderstorm. Maybe not all of us, but personally I have always had a strange fascination and obsession over thunderstorms. Growing up, I was often the only girl in…

It’s been awhile since my last blog about the weather so here we go again. I walked to the gym and it was slightly raining. I left the gym and the rain had stopped. I walked to class and needed to take my sweatshirt off because it was sunny! (note: It was 8:30 am). After…

The crazy part about living in LA is the crazy weather patterns that come with it. I love how it is so sunny and warm one day, but a couple of days we get a little rain here and there. Today was a good example of that- it finally rained! Don’t get me wrong though,…

What an unusually warm day in January! According to the weather report, it was past 80ºF (27ºC) in the middle of the day, and even late at night it is a pleasant 60ºF (14ºC). Only in LA do you get the perk of being reminded of summer weather in the middle of the winter…

Around this time each year, I like to watch the movie the Holiday with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz (oh and like Jude Law and that Jack Black character, but I prefer these two fab ladies). Thankfully, it has been on my mind lately (as in I have been reciting dialogue in my head). One…

And I am so extremely excited about it. As great as wearing shorts and drinking iced tea is, I am a much bigger fan of waking up to overcast skies and sipping chai lattes while listening to the tap tap tapping of rainfall. Last year, the rains started earlier here in L.A. (sometime in October)….